obstetrics

[ uhb-ste-triks ]

noun(used with a singular verb)
  1. the branch of medical science concerned with childbirth and caring for and treating women in or in connection with childbirth. Abbreviation: OB, ob

Origin of obstetrics

1
First recorded in 1810–20; see origin at obstetric, -ics

Words Nearby obstetrics

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use obstetrics in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for obstetrics

obstetrics

/ (ɒbˈstɛtrɪks) /


noun
  1. (functioning as singular) the branch of medicine concerned with childbirth and the treatment of women before and after childbirth

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for obstetrics

obstetrics

[ ŏb-stĕtrĭks ]


  1. The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth.

The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Cultural definitions for obstetrics

obstetrics

[ (uhb-ste-triks) ]


A branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, labor, and the period of recovery following childbirth.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.